Prithviraj smashes unbeaten ton

Prithviraj’s unbeaten century and good bowling from Piyush and Pratik helped RV College of Engineering (RVCE) defeat Young Challenging Cricket Club, Chintamani by 174 runs in the KSCA Group I, Division V tournament for the Sri JB Mallaradhya Trophy here.

Batting first, RVCE posted a mammoth 351/7 in 50 overs, thanks to Prithviraj’s unconquered 155. Young Challenging CC were shot out 177 in 33 overs. Piyush (4/34) and Pratik (4/16) shared the spoils.

Brief scores: RVCE: 351/7 in 50 overs (Rupin 48, Ajay 26, Prithviraj 155 n.o., Prathik 43; Thejas 2-43) bt Young Challenging Cricket Club, Chintamani: 177 all out in 33 overs (Sitaram 37; Piyush 4-34, Pratik 4-16).

St Joseph’s College: 215 all out in 42.2 overs (Karthik 35, Supreet 27, Mohith 45, Rishab 46; Vishwanath 2-50, Ashok 2-18) bt Young Pioneer CC: 86 all out in 20.3 overs (Balamurugan 29; Mohith 3-20, Kushal 5-22).

Eleven Brother’s CC, Magadi: 200 all out in 37 overs (Aqib Khan 51, Ubadab 69; Mohan 2-59, Raghavendra 2-18, Lokesh 5-44) bt YFA Sports Club: 135 all out in 24 overs (Bharani 46; Ubadah 2-42, Rahul 3-38, Dileep 3-10).

Star Cricketers XI: 103 all out in 29.2 overs (Vivek 33; Rithesh 3-35, Kumar 2-14, Nagesh 4-3) bt National Cricketers: 74 all out in 21.2 overs (Nagaraj 2-27, Srinivas 4-28, Pramod 2-12).

YMCA Cricket Club (3): 263/9 in 50 overs (Travis 33, Thejas 30, Rishabh 115, Mohan 29; BT Satish 3-39) bt Engrades Cricket Club: 167 all out in 33.3 overs (Sanath Naik 38, Bhuvan 47; Mohan 2-33, Charles 2-33, Tejas 3-38, Gautham 2-15).

Zodiac Cricket Club: 211 all out in 50 overs (Anupam 38, Bimal 35, Cootiah 49, Ryan 27, Narendra 27 n.o.; Manish 2-34, Kiran 2-34, Sharath 2-40, Omkar 3-48) lt to Bharath Cricket Club: 212/4 in 32.3 overs (Sumedh Suhas Rao 63, Pratap 58, Divakar 35; Cootiah 3-43).

Anekal Town CC: 192 all out in 49 overs (Kailash 30, Keerthi 36, Kishore 29 n.o.; Narasimha Murthy 2-22, Venkatesh 2-42, R Badrinath 2-31) bt Huttons Cricket Club: 190 all out in 47.4 overs (Srinivas 33, Vinayak 40, Badrinath 38 n.o.; Santhosh Kumar 2-43, Suresh 5-40).